Bitterly
Bitterly adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: cried bitterly after her grandmother died
Plaintively and bitterly are semantically related in sorrowfully topic. In some cases you can use "Plaintively" instead an adverb "Bitterly", when it comes to topics like unhappily, mournfully.
Nearby Words: bitter, bitterness
Plaintively
Plaintively adverb - With feelings of bitterness or grief.
Usage example: the man sighed plaintively as it became clear that he was getting nowhere with the officious bureacrat
Bitterly and plaintively are semantically related in sorrowfully topic. Sometimes you can use "Bitterly" instead an adverb "Plaintively", if it concerns topics such as unhappily, mournfully.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- hardly and bitterly
- hardly and plaintively
- cruelly and bitterly
- cruelly and plaintively
- severely and bitterly
- severely and plaintively
- sharply and bitterly
- sharply and plaintively
- piercingly and bitterly
- piercingly and plaintively
- ruefully and bitterly
- ruefully and plaintively
- painfully and bitterly
- painfully and plaintively
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